Montane Racket-tail
Prioniturus montanusOgilvie-Grant, WR, 1895
English (US) Montane Racket-tail
The Montane Racket-tail (Prioniturus montanus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittaculidae (Old World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: mountains of Luzon (northern Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Prioniturus montanus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Montane Racket-tail
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1895
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Ogilvie-Grant, WR, 1895
- Type locality
- Mountains of Lepanto, Luzon.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 4 p.41
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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